[EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS]Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1999 – 2000Residency, Internal Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1997 – 1999 Internship, Internal Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 1996 – 1997 MD, University of Michigan School of Medicine, 1996 PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, 1984

[RESEARCH INTERESTS]Epidemiology of age-related diseases and functional declinePrediction of disease risks and in older adultsQuantitative assessment of global health of older adultsRole of psychosocial stressors and stress hormones in the development of diseases and physical and cognitive impairments in older adults